Iowa teachers shortage worries postwar education
The column cites Agnes Samuelson of the Iowa State Teachers Association noting fewer college education students and only one fifth the usual high school seniors pursuing teacher training. Many teachers have left Iowa for better pay or the armed services, signaling deteriorating future school quality and urging policy action. The piece also discusses political shifts, indignant sentiment, and a comment on postwar employment solutions and government directives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa State Teachers Association
Miss Samuelson
Armed Services
Fifth Army Nearer Rome Bombs Poland and Germany
A thousand American heavy bombers escorted by 1,200 fighters crossed Germany to strike aircraft plants in Poland at Poznan and Kreisling and four sites in eastern Germany including Leipzig Tutow Cottbus and Sorau. Simultaneously hundreds of bombers hit the French invasion coast while other formations targeted Vienna and Yugoslavia. Seven bombers landed in Sweden as German alerts mounted.
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U. S
Poznan
Kreisling
Germany
Leipzig
Tutow
Cottbus
Sorau
Lower Danube
Italy
Kresling
Serau
Berlin
Sweden
Stockhelm
Reich
Gemany
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Naples
Austria
RAF
Angers
Dresden
United States
Ruhrland
Lutzkendorf
Merseburg
Chinese Face Grave Crisis At Changsha
Japanese forces push south along the Hankow Canton railway reaching 80 miles from Changsha in Hunan as Chinese defenses led by Little Tiger Gen Hsueh Yueh fight to hold the rail line. Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault’s Fourteenth air force has joined the battle in Hunan.
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Chungking
Hunan
Changsha
China
Hankow-Canton
Yoyang
Yochow
Tungting Lake
Tungcheng
Hupeh
Little Tiger
Hsueh Yueh
Canton
Henan
Shansi
Yunnan
Burma
Claire Chennault
Fourteenth Air Force
Joseph W. Stilwell
Darsee Wounded in Action Third Time This Year
Cedar Rapids reports Lt. Roland A. Darsee of the cannon infantry division wounded in action in Italy for the third time this year. A shell near him in Italy caused leg injuries while he was hospitalized there between May 10 and 14 after earlier wounds on February 20 and March 18. He was cited for heroic duty on May 3. Son of Mrs. Clifford Shriver and Charles J. Darsee of Martelle, he attended Coe College. his wife resides in Galesburg, Illinois.
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Roland A. Darsee
Italy
Carl Butterfield
Maplewood Drive
Darsee
Adeline Montillon Former Cleveland Principal Dies at 68
Adeline Euelah Montillon, longtime Cleveland school principal from 1920 to 1948, died at home Monday at 6 50 am. Born September 26 1879 in Tipton she taught at Van Buren since 1900 and led Cleveland school as its first principal. Survived by brothers Herbert H Montillon Cedar Rapids and George H Montillon Knoxville Tennessee. Services set for 4 pm Wednesday at Turner chapel with visitation Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Adeline Euelah Montillon
First Avenue
Cleveland School
Miss Montillon
Tipton
van Buren
The
Peoples Church
American Association of University Women
Longview Sawmills Threatened by CIO Action
In Longview Washington the two largest mills Longbell and Weyerhaeuser faced closure after a mass CIO meeting Sunday night voted to go fishing Monday triggering potential shutdowns at the world’s biggest sawmills.
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Longview, Wash
Longbell
Weyerhaueser
CIO
Biak Island Push Signals End of New Guinea Campaign
Allied Sixth Army troops press toward Mokmer airfield on Biak as Gen. MacArthur reports bosnek capture and the end phase of the New Guinea campaign. Bombers plus fighters repel Japanese defenses. 200 laborers freed and several enemy guns seized.
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New Guinea
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bosnek
Mokmer
MacArthur
Wakde Island
Sarmi
Maffin
Refund issued to former Linn auditor Vesely in 1944 case
The Linn county auditor directed by state examiners mailed a 49.35 dollar refund check to Robert M. Vesely, the former auditor, drawn on county funds. The payment covers part of a 109.20 shortfall found in a May 1, 1944 balance and relates to dog licenses and other receipts, with a detailed explanation to follow in a letter.
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Robert M. Vesely
Linn
Ray C. Coutts
Vesely
William H. Bennett
Coutts
Abon
Barbara Douglas to Wed Lt Arnold in Santa Monica
Barbara Douglas daughter of Donald W. Douglas will wed Lt William Bruce Arnold son of Gen. H. H. Arnold at the Santa Monica home of her parents on June 10. The couple plans a formal ceremony with family and friends in attendance.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Barbara Douglas
Donald W. Douglas
William Bruce Arnold
Air Forces
H. H. Arnold
Production Drop Washington AP Nelson Statement
Washington AP reports a production drop noted as chairman Donald M. Nelson addresses industry and government officials. The brief item notes reduced output and possible economic impact amid policy discussions.
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Washington (Ap
Donald M. Nelson
The
Governors Hear From President at Governors Conference
President Roosevelt congratulated governors on quick mobilization of resources for unified action against the common enemy and urged continued cooperation. Gov. Leverett Saltonstall opened the 36th annual meeting, stressing US state unity as essential to wartime stability and future planning.
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Hershey
Roosevelt
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
National Conference of Governors
New York
America
Governors’ Conference
Drowning on Cedar River claims teen in boating accident
Lloyd Bennett McCalley Jr., 17, of 368 Forest Drive SE, drowned when his boat swamped on the Cedar River near Ellis Park bathing beach. John Swanson, 16, attempted rescue and nearly died. Carl Clendening saved Swanson as police continued a long river search. McCalley, Franklin school student, left a family and three aunts.
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Cedar River
Ellis Park
Lloyd Bennett McCalley, Jr
Forest Drive
John Swanson
Avenue NE
McCalley
Swanson
Robert Klopp
J Avenue
Jack McFartland
First Avenue
Derritt Clendening
C Avenue
Carl Clendening
Kopp
Clendening
Carl
Allied push nears Rome as Italian front loosens Axis grip
Allied forces report heavy rain of attacks across the Alban hills and toward Rome. American tanks strike toward Rome’s outskirts while Fifth Army closes within miles of the capital, pressing through Aprila and Lanuvio areas despite fierce German counterattacks. Eighth Army drives in the Liri Sacco valleys and across Liri crossings, with French units advancing toward Ceprano and Monte Siserno as desertion of positions continues.
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Allied
Naples
Alban Hills
Rome
Fifth Army
Eternal City
Aprilia
Fifth
Compoleone
Almontone
Casilina
Campeleone- Valmontone
Velletri
Ada Way
Lanuvia
Alban
Pentine Plain
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Eighth Army
Liri
Sacco
Valmontone
Sermoneta
Bassiano
Norma
Surndiay
Ville Santo Stefano
Monte Siserno
Ceprane
Oliver Leese
Ceprano
Arce
Monte Orro
Santo Padre
Anzio- Albano
Vellectri
Dewey Signals Possible Run for Republican Nomination
Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York indicated he is the strongest candidate as talks about his candidacy move beyond rumors He spoke during the thirty sixth governors conference near Hershey Pennsylvania telling nearly 100 reporters that he is not discouraging the suggestion of his lead in the pre convention delegate contest He said he expects to offer some suggestions later.
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Gerald W. Johnson
Baltimore
New York Times
Wilkie
Mr. Johnson
Hershey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Yank Draftees Smash One Nazi Flank in Italy
The Eighty-fifth and Eighty-eighth divisions, entirely draftees, form part of the Second Army Corps under Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes and fight on the Italian front. The Eighty-fifth, led by Maj. Gen. John B. Coulter, pushes along the coast from Formia to Monte San Angelo, while the Eighty-eighth includes many men from New York, New Jersey, the Midwest, and the South. Both units trained in North Africa and have wartime combat experience dating to World War I.
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Fifth Army
Italy
UPI
America
Citizen
Geoffrey Keyes
Eighty-fifth
John B. Coulter
el Paso
Texas
Formia
Gaeta
Lri
Ter
Greenville
S. C
Fondi
Santa Maria Infante
Spigno
Monte San Angelo
Eighty-eighth
New York
New Jersey
Midwest
South
North Africa
Good Invasion Weather Ahead
London reports good invasion weather for the next three months, with a predicted dry summer and hot intervals and little cloudiness. Lord Croft says Allied armies await the signal to strike into Western Europe as the Italian campaign marks the first act of the war’s greatest drama.
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London
Morday
Lord Croft
Europe
Lonidon Sunday Express
Italy
Alexander
Croft
Detroit Truckers Spurn WPB Order
Detroit UAW insurgents at Chrysler Highland Park plant vote 3 to 1 to end wildcat strike. The stoppage risked shutting seven Chrysler plants and 1,000 truck drivers at 47 bakeries refused to heed the War Labor Board return to work order, hastening restaurant and lunch disruptions.
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Detroit
UPI
United Automobile Workers
CSO
Chrysler Corporation
Highland Park
Chrysler
War Labor Board
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Johnson
Willkie
White House
L:n
Esc
OPA
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Poland
French
Rtegerdssdorf
Vienna
Wiener Neustadt
Nord and
Wollersdorf
Messerschmitt
Nathan F. Twining
Fifteenth U. S. Air Force
Roland Darsee
Cedar Rapids News
Parsee
Adeline Montillon
Cleveland
Arnold
Gov
Saltonstall
Franklin School
L. B. McCalley
Margaret Louise
J. M. Cooper
Humbocdt
E. J. Fogler
Humboldt
George Newland
B Avenue NE
C. H. Zempfer
Waukon
Penick and
Ord
Pound
Dewey
Detroit Truckers
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